Gateway Anykey Keyboard
EDTECH Editor-Beil
Hello,
My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
settings and lock it from being programmed?
Thanks
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According to the little sticker on my Anykey keyboard :
"If your AnyKey keyboard is not working properly, you may have programmed it
incorrectly, or inadvertently typed with it in a programming mode.
To set the keyboard back to normal operation, simultaneously press : CTRL, ALT,
SUSPND MACRO.
If the problem persists please refer to your AnyKey Users' Guide."
Aside from the guilt trip for not being a nerd (first sentence) the advice
works.
> X-From: Philip Hess <phi...@icubed.com>
> My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
> Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
> keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
> settings and lock it from being programmed?
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Ron Stevens
email: ste...@gnt.net
Dept of Environmental Studies
University of West Florida
EDTECH Editor-Beil
To reset a Gateway AnyKey Keyboard simultaneously press the
Ctrl-Alt-Suspend Macro keys.
We have this happen quite often here at the School of Law. The keyboards
came with stickers that provided the information, but most have since been
peeled off. Using a fine tip permanent marker to write the key combination
on the bottom side of the keyboard works great as a quick reference source
for users.
I have never tried to shut off the AnyKey. The owner's manual says to make
this statement the first line in the autoexec.bat (my computer came with
Windows 3.11):
C:\anykey\anykey32 t
It also says you can enter it manually at the "c" prompt: C:\anykey\anykey32 t
I cannot say if it works or not.
RWB
>X-From: Philip Hess <phi...@icubed.com>
>My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
>Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
>keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
>settings and lock it from being programmed?
Rick W. Burkett
Network Administrator
Southern Illinois University School of Law Library
Lesar Law Building, Mailcode 6803
Carbondale, Illinois 62901-6803
Voice Mail: 618-453-3433; Pager: 221-1106; Fax: 618-453-8728;
E-mail: rbur...@siu.edu
EDTECH Editor-Beil
Hold down the <Ctrl> and <Alt> keys and then press the <Suspend Macro> key.
It makes a difference whether you use the left or right set of <Ctrl> and
<Alt> keys, but I'm not sure which one is correct to try both. The
program light should flash for a few seconds, and then go out.
I haven't found any way of keeping the keyboard from being programmed.
>X-From: Philip Hess <phi...@icubed.com>
>My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
>Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
>keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
>settings and lock it from being programmed?
Scott Burdick | mailto:Scott....@Chariho.K12.ri.us
Technology Coordinator |
Chariho Regional School District| phone: (401)364-1163
455A Switch Road | fax: (401)364-1165
Wood River Junction, RI 02894 |
EDTECH Editor-Beil
-X-From: Philip Hess <phi...@icubed.com>
-My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
-Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
-keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
-settings and lock it from being programmed?
I have a Gateway programmable keyboard and the directions for
reprogramming it when there is trouble are:
1. Press and hold the Ctrl & Alt keys; then press Suspend Macro.
2. The PROGRAM LED light flashes for a few seconds while the keyboard
reinitializes.
3. When the LED light stops flashing, the process is complete and all
keys are set to the original function.
If that doesn't work the Ctrl or Alt keys may have been remapped.
Then:
1. Press & hold Ctrl and Remap keys simultaneously.
2. Press Ctrl twice.
3. Press Alt twice.
4. Press Ctrl & Remap simultaneously.
5. Follow the above 1-3 steps again.
If that doesn't work, exit Windows, press and hold Suspend Macro, and
reboot the machine by pushing the reset button. Continue holding the
suspend macro button until the system has completed rebooting.
I have had to follow these procedures a couple of times, and I have
no idea how the keyboard got reprogrammed. Sometimes the first
procedure has worked and sometimes I've had to go to the last extreme
one, but eventually things got back to normal.
Pat, aka
Patricia A. Reck
Catawba College CMC
2300 W. Innes Street
Salisbury NC 28144 USA
pr...@catawba.edu
704-637-4316
704-637-4732 FAX
EDTECH Editor-Beil
Press <Ctrl><Alt> and <Suspend Macro> together. You'll know it takes
when the program light blinks rapidly for a few seconds. If this
doesn't work, try a different combination of Ctrl and Alt keys, in case
those are the keys that were reprogrammed.
Kristin Bayer
University School of Milwaukee
EDTECH Editor-Beil
Our Gateway keyboard often got reprogrammed (see Ron's response) because
of minor disagreements as to whether it belonged on the desktop or the
pullout keyboard tray. To decrease the whining (snicker, smirk...), and
turn off the programming capabilities, I used the steps RBW recommended:
from C prompt, type: c:\anykey\anykey32 t
It does work, thank goodness. No keyboard problems since then except for
keys mysteriously moving around, creating typos.
--
Arlene Stevens
aste...@gnt.net
> X-From: Rick Burkett <rbur...@siu.edu.
> To reset a Gateway AnyKey Keyboard simultaneously press the Ctrl-Alt-Suspend
> Macro keys.
>
> We have this happen quite often here at the School of Law. The keyboards
> came with stickers that provided the information, but most have since been
> peeled off. Using a fine tip permanent marker to write the key combination
> on the bottom side of the keyboard works great as a quick reference source
> for users.
>
> I have never tried to shut off the AnyKey. The owner's manual says to make
> this statement the first line in the autoexec.bat (my computer came with
> Windows 3.11):
> C:\anykey\anykey32 t
> It also says you can enter it manually at the "c" prompt: C:\anykey\anykey32 t
>
> I cannot say if it works or not.
>
> >X-From: Philip Hess <phi...@icubed.com>
> >My father's computer has a Gateway (2000) any key keyboard installed.
> >Somehow it has become reprogrammed. Does anyone know how to restore the
> >keyboard to its factory settings. Or better yet restore it to the factory
> >settings and lock it from being programmed?
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This happens to us often in the classroom. Here are
the instructions:
1. Go to a C:> prompt.
2. Press the REMAP key 1 time.(the program light will
begin to flash)
3. Press the CTRL key twice and the ALT key twice.
4. Press the REMAP key again to turn off the program
light.
5. Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys together the press
the SUSPND MACRO key. Release all of the keys. (The
program light will flash and go off.
6. Try your keys again to see if they are normal. If
not, call Gateway
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Michele Bowman
Resource Specialist
Knox County Schools
Knoxville, TN
Your body is your temple, but also your dance hall and bowling alley.
Dharma Finklestein
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